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Title: 1828-03-24 MONROE M.T. --***MONROE CO.---MANUSCRIPT---AHMS 909/36--REV ISAAC MCILVAINE(1850,60,80 US CENSUS, B. IRELAND 1799-02-05, D.NEW JERSEY 1883-06-30, SPOUSE, M. MARY ANN HARRISON McILVAINE 1829-05-12{1800-1867}, CHILDREN, MARY BLATCHFORD McILVAINE{1830-}, LYDIA HARRISON McILVAINE{1833-}, MARTHA REBECCA McILVAINE{1855-}, JOHN McILVAINE)--TALKS OF SHIPWRECKS AND STEAMSHIPS AND SAILING IN A SMALL VESSEL TO MONROE. DESCRIBES LIFE AMONG THE PEOPLE OF MONROE----"I REACHED BUFFALOE JUST AS THE STORM HAD SUBSIDED, AS THE NEWS OF SHIPWRECKS WAS ARRIVING- STEAM BOATS HAD NOT VENTURED OUT FOR SOME TIME PREVIOUS, BUT THE MORNING AFTER MY ARRIVAL, HAVING COLLECTED MY BAGGAGE, THE RISING SUN ____ US GLIDING GENTLY ON THE SMOOTH WATERS OF THE LAKE........AFTER A DELIGHTFUL PASSAGE OF TWO DAYS WE REACHED DETROIT....I SAILED IN A SMALL VESSEL FOR MONROE. AND AFTER AN UNPLEASANT AND RATHER DANGEROUS PAFSAGE OF ABOUT 30 HOURS, CAME TO THE RIVER RAISIN....AND THE WILD DUCK IN IMMENSE NUMBERS FLEW AROUND....MONROE IS A VILLAGE OF ABOUT 300 INHABITANTS, SOME FRENCH, SOME WORTHLESS AND WANDERING, AND SOME EXCELLENT PEOPLE. THE RIVER HERE HAS A LITTLE FALL- THE BANKS ARE GENTLY ASCENDING- THE SITUATION AS ALTOGETHER BEAUTIFUL-HOUSES ON EACH SIDE OF THE RIVER CONNECTED BY A BRIDGE BUT MOST ON THE SOUTH SIDE"----MENTIONS DR BEECHER AND FATHER CLEMENS----STEAMSHIPS---- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan---AND PRIVATELY OWNED---5 pg--ERNIES COLLECTION $150   Item ID: E0-31468    View Map

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1828-03-24 MONROE M.T. --***MONROE CO.---MANUSCRIPT---AHMS 909/36--REV ISAAC MCILVAINE--TALKS OF SHIPWRECKS AND STEAMSHIPS AND SAILING IN A SMALL VESSEL TO MONROE. DESCRIBES LIFE AMONG THE PEOPLE OF MONROE--- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan---AND PRIVATELY OWNED---5 pg--PAGE 1--ERNIES COLLECTION Date: 1828-03-24
1828-03-24 MONROE M.T. --***MONROE CO.---MANUSCRIPT---AHMS 909/36--REV ISAAC MCILVAINE--TALKS OF SHIPWRECKS AND STEAMSHIPS AND SAILING IN A SMALL VESSEL TO MONROE. DESCRIBES LIFE AMONG THE PEOPLE OF MONROE--- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan---AND PRIVATELY OWNED---5 pg--PAGE 2--ERNIES COLLECTION Date: 1828-03-24
1828-03-24 MONROE M.T. --***MONROE CO.---MANUSCRIPT---AHMS 909/36--REV ISAAC MCILVAINE--TALKS OF SHIPWRECKS AND STEAMSHIPS AND SAILING IN A SMALL VESSEL TO MONROE. DESCRIBES LIFE AMONG THE PEOPLE OF MONROE--- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan---AND PRIVATELY OWNED---5 pg--BOTTOM OF PAGE 2--ERNIES COLLECTION Date: 1828-03-24
1828-03-24 MONROE M.T. --***MONROE CO.---MANUSCRIPT---AHMS 909/36--REV ISAAC MCILVAINE--TALKS OF SHIPWRECKS AND STEAMSHIPS AND SAILING IN A SMALL VESSEL TO MONROE. DESCRIBES LIFE AMONG THE PEOPLE OF MONROE--- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan---AND PRIVATELY OWNED---5 pg--TOP OF PAGE 3--ERNIES COLLECTION Date: 1828-03-24
1828-03-24 MONROE M.T. --***MONROE CO.---MANUSCRIPT---AHMS 909/36--REV ISAAC MCILVAINE--TALKS OF SHIPWRECKS AND STEAMSHIPS AND SAILING IN A SMALL VESSEL TO MONROE. DESCRIBES LIFE AMONG THE PEOPLE OF MONROE--- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan---AND PRIVATELY OWNED---5 pg--BOTTOM OF PAGE 3--ERNIES COLLECTION Date: 1828-03-24
1828-03-24 MONROE M.T. --***MONROE CO.---MANUSCRIPT---AHMS 909/36--REV ISAAC MCILVAINE--TALKS OF SHIPWRECKS AND STEAMSHIPS AND SAILING IN A SMALL VESSEL TO MONROE. DESCRIBES LIFE AMONG THE PEOPLE OF MONROE--- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan---AND PRIVATELY OWNED---5 pg--PAGE 4--ERNIES COLLECTION Date: 1828-03-24
1828-03-24 MONROE M.T. --***MONROE CO.---MANUSCRIPT---AHMS 909/36--REV ISAAC MCILVAINE--TALKS OF SHIPWRECKS AND STEAMSHIPS AND SAILING IN A SMALL VESSEL TO MONROE. DESCRIBES LIFE AMONG THE PEOPLE OF MONROE--- Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan---AND PRIVATELY OWNED---5 pg--PAGE 5--ERNIES COLLECTION Date: 1828-03-24